Mindful Use Of Social Media - by Eva van der Ploeg, Ph.D.

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Mindful Use Of Social Media

With Eva van der Ploeg, Ph.D.

Social media bring us many positives, but that is not the entire story. Many of us lose ourselves online, spending way more time on platforms or feeling alienated from themselves, because they try to paint a certain image of who they are. Social media may lead to negative thinking and strong emotions. Although this is not our intention, it often is what unfolds. In this course, we will focus on why it seems so hard to control our social media usage. We focus on a process of change using the Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior model from Social Psychology, as well as the 7 attitudes of mindfulness. The idea is to identify personal goals and how to reach those. I use theoretical frameworks, scientific evidence, writing practices, and meditations. At the end of each day, I send you off with a challenge for the next 24 hours.

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Meet your Teacher

Eva van der Ploeg, Ph.D.
Bali, Indonesia

Eva is a research psychologist doing studies in real-life settings and working in practice. She has an MSc. in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Public Health. Her practice work is grounded in the teachings of Maria Montessori and mindfulness, both of which she is a certified trainer and practitioner. She specialises in working with people with dementia and those who care for them, but she also provides coaching and meditations for the general population. Above all, she is a person who cares.

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10 Days

1.3k students

4.6 stars

11 min / day

Stress

English

Lesson 1

Addiction & Social Media

To immediately address the elephant in the room: social media is addictive. It is designed to capture and hold your attention as often and as long as possible. The developers know exactly how our brains work and what its loopholes are. This class focuses on gaining insight into those mechanisms.

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Lesson 2

The Others

At the start of this class, we reflect on possible signs of mild addictive behaviors related to social media use. We also focus on the social in social media.

Lesson 3

You

Today’s class consists of a meditation based on the Japanese term "ikigai", which means to "find one’s calling in life". The term is usually connected to one's working life, but I zoom out to who you would like to be as a person. The closer the ideal and actual self become, the easier it will be to relate to social media in a manner we like.

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Lesson 4

Behavioral Change

We further explore the Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior model. During the first classes of this course, we have worked on gaining knowledge. Today, we will talk more about our attitudes and how formulating intentions may help to change behavior. This lesson includes a writing practice to figure out where you stand.

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Lesson 5

Thoughts & Emotions

We start with a short practice to reflect on which thoughts and emotions you experience during social media use. Thoughts and emotions influence our attitudes, intentions, behavior, and possibly our knowledge (selection bias). I attempt to shed a different light on how we appraise our thoughts and feelings.

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Lesson 6

Mindfulness

What is mindfulness? What's it not? After a general discussion of the philosophy, we learn about the first mindful attitude of the beginner’s mind. We finish with a brief meditation.

Lesson 7

More Attitudes

We continue learning about mindfulness attitudes, especially those that can have a strong influence on changing our social media use. Non-striving. Non-judging. Accepting and letting be.

Lesson 8

Tips & Tricks

After a number of theoretical classes, this is a highly practical class. I list many things that you may choose to change. I recommend choosing small steps that are not too far out of your comfort zone and implementing them over time. Hopefully, this results in lasting changes.

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Lesson 9

Summary

We start today with a Zen Koan meditation. Make sure you are in a familiar environment. During the remainder of the class, I will summarize and integrate everything you have worked on in the past 8 days. You may choose to just listen, or if you feel ready, to reflect on where you would like to start.

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Lesson 10

Old Habits

It is time to continue on your own - at your own pace and in your own manner. This final class aims to prepare you for the inevitable: relapsing to old behaviors. When you expect and accept relapse, you will be able to continue your social media journey after a dip.

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4.6 (18)

Recent Reviews

Brandy

Brandy

June 14, 2024

Great class, a perfect blend of theoretical and practical

Mael

Mael

January 9, 2023

Very useful.

EJ

EJ

September 29, 2021

Excellent advice, thank you.

Crystal

Crystal

September 5, 2021

Wow what a great wake up call! I especially liked the last day of the course on learning how to deal with the inevitable relapse. I also found the aspects of the course surrounding why social media is so addictive very interesting. Thank you! ❤️

Emilio

Emilio

August 21, 2021

Anyone who uses social media can benefit from taking this course. It starts with the science behind why social media is addictive, then you have fun challenges to do and become aware of your relationship with social media, and it ends with great specific steps to try so that you can enjoy the benefits of social media in a healthy way that suits your needs and personality. Thank you for this course!

Sherie

Sherie

August 17, 2021

Love this. Wonderful course😍

Narayanan

Narayanan

August 16, 2021

Very interesting and useful strategies to help with streamlining social media use and eliminate anxiety. Thanks for the course!

Cyrus

Cyrus

August 10, 2021

Thank you very much for this course

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